Top 5 Brand Videos of the Week: JD Vance, PewDiePie and “the Internet’s Oldest Lie”

Welcome to our overview of the most viewed branded YouTube videos of the week.

We are publishing this excerpt from a larger one Gospel Stats Weekly Brand Report to analyze sponsorship trends in the creator economy. Any video released with an official brand partner is eligible for the ranking.

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After his appearance last week on Theo Von's podcast, JD Vance is back for a three hour interview with Joe Rogan. Since both videos were released in the run-up to the presidential election, we now know the outcome – including how Rogan, Von and Adin Ross were shouted by UFC CEO Dana White while Donald Trump's victory speech. Surreal. As for the rest of this week's lineup Gospel Stats Weekly Brand Reportwe leave politics behind and dedicate ourselves to baseball, science, a touch of art and one of the most popular video games on the internet.

Check it all out here:

#1 Joe Rogan Experience #2221 – JD Vance
Channel: PowerfulJRE
Brand: Sporty greens, Call of duty
Views: 16,488,836

As mentioned above, VP candidate JD Vance did a little podcast tour in the weeks leading up to the election, and it seems to have paid off for the Trump campaign. His appearance on Joe RoganThe result of the podcast was a long interview that was well received by YouTube commenters. Many of them said they were initially skeptical of Vance, but were impressed when they heard him speak to Rogan. “This is one of the most coherent and straightforward conversations I have seen from a politician in years. Simple language, no nonsense, no rabbit holes, no circles or dodge questions. An honest conversation between men,” one commenter wrote. Perhaps Vance will continue to do podcasts after his term in office. Anyway, this episode was brought to listeners/viewers by a frequent podcast sponsor Sporty greensas well as the newcomer to the long-running favorite Call of duty Franchise, Black Ops 6.

#2 Dodgers vs. Yankees World Series Game 5 Highlights (10/30/24) | MLB highlights
Channel: MLB
Brand: Evan Williams Bourbon
Views: 4,404,438

Here at Tube filter We've written a lot about how live sports are an enduring human pastime that's increasingly finding space on digital platforms YouTube To Netflix. The MLB (which has had content deals with YouTube for years) shows just how popular good old baseball can be: Its 15-minute highlights reel from the Dodgers vs. Yankees World Series finale has been viewed over 4 million times. That's a pretty decent proportion compared to the game's live TV viewership of 18.6 million people. This recap video is a nice opportunity for later monetization for both the MLB and its sponsor. Evan Williams Bourbonwhich has been a partner of the league since 2016.

#3 We fell for the oldest lie on the internet
Channel: In short – to the point
Brand: 80,000 hours
Views: 4,158,351

We’ve all heard it before: “If you take everything [small intestine, large intestine, veins, etc] out of your body and stretch them, they will do it [be a mile long, stretch around the earth, etc].” It is a common method used by biology explainers to help people understand the size of their own bodies. But are these measurements actually accurate? Science Channel In short is back in our weekly Brand Report to investigate whether a single person's blood vessels glued together could be 100,000 kilometers long – enough to circumnavigate the Earth twice. Kurzgesagen says this number has been reported several times, including in videos and on the creator Philipp Dettmeris the 2021 book Immune. “We've used it so many times, but where did we get this number? And how do we know it’s true?” asks the broadcaster. The 13-minute look at answering these questions is sponsored by 80,000 hoursa London-based career research and advice charity.

#4 I drew every day for 365 days… *it was painful*
Channel: PewDiePie
Brand: NordVPN
Views: 3,560,052

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In a world where AI advocates claim generators like In the middle of the journey are accessible tools that can help people who can't draw finally make art. PewDiePie I've done a solid year's worth of work to show that anyone can improve their drawing skills with time and practice. This video was originally intended to be a 30-day experiment where he would draw every day and compare his first day's skills to the last day's – but people in the comments were so encouraging, according to him, that he decided to move on. Now, after 365 days of drawing, he's uploaded his full progress video, and the transition from day 1 to day 364 is pretty wild. The video is sponsored by a frequent creator partner NordVPNwhich also financed 34 additional uploads this week.

BONUS #1,055 Who is the hardest champion to play? | League of Legends
Channel: Vars
Brand: opera
Views: 77,688

Uh, League of Legends. One of the most intense player versus player games around, it features a roster of over 160 playable characters, all with their own skill sets. But which of all these characters is the biggest glass cannon? That's what Vars I sat down to find out. This video is a goldmine for gamers, but we also highlighted it because of the second season of Arcanethe hugely successful animated origin story based on League of Legends Lore, just published Netflix. After just two days of live broadcast on the streamer, the first three episodes of season two have absolutely dominated the Netflix catalog, becoming the number 1 series in over 60 countries.

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